Another store hold-up page2 Sludge facility plan back J on track pages3 S'eA Sgn bylaw charges again laid * new patient s pae wge3 I I il u~u.I8Photo (Iefl) by Mark Reesor, Whihy Free Pres Town. crier aiming lhigher Pred aJýy arx euor FrdMrIn didn't know much about town crying when ho waa roped into entering a 1986 Heritage Day contest to choose a town crier for Whitby. 7 His lack of experience wasn't a pro- blem, though, as he beat out two other contestants for the job. Town council didn't waste any time p assing a bylaw to make it official and Martin was soon Whitby's official crier, performi ng at the Santa Claus parade and Peter Ferry award ceremony. It wasn't until ho competed in the Ontario 'cry-offs' in 1987 that Martin, a tinancial Planning consultant, really got hooked on cryn, though enjoying te history and «getting up in 1Ãont of pole. «Yuv ott a i fa hain, ho confesses. Martin's really made people sit up and take notice this' year, earnxng second- place honours at cry-fsin Markhain and Richmond Hill, -sixth place at the Ontario championships and ninth place at the North American championships. It takes more than a loud voice to win cry-offs, says Martin, although volume is important. "Ites not just loudness on the 'oy- yahs'... you've got to sustain the volume of the cry throughout -- you can't start tapering off twards the end.» Town criers are judqged on their entrance and exits, their "attention-get- ting devices» (usually belîs), their deli- very and clarity and how interesting their cries are, among other factors, ho lhere are generaîl three cries in a competition, with ec~big10t 2 words.cZbiÈ 0 t 2 There's two main approaches to town cygMartin notes, one being a very - -- - AAAssenAgeir Uflj the king -- a lot of the guys in Britain do that.» Historically town criers were military types, since they could readand write, Who were hired by the lord of a manor to spread the news beforeprinting presses, ho says. "The other one is more of a gentle- man's cry -- sommoe who is educatied but not in the military.» Although Markham and Scarborough have town criers, it hasn't really caught on in, the greater Toronto area t he samne way it has in southwestern Ontario, Martin says, though he's hoping to con- vinoe Oshawa to have one. Previous AJDS bookiet scrapped Board previews new docffnent, By Mark Reesor The Durham pblic school board is radyng a successor to the cotrover- sial Reduce the Risk AIDS resource document that was rejocted a year ago after a firestormn of protest fraingTeengeSexual Inuolvemnt,4 the new docu- ment was prepared by po K am sprnnent sum- mer. The 10 draft copies, which are being hehl> b Freedman, were examined by members of the fanuily iffe education advisory com- ýmitte. (FLEAC) at its Oct. «Some comments were positive and some coin- monts were not positive," according to the minutes of the meeting, that at!4east one trustee says she was not aware of. Pickering trustee Ruth Ann Schedllich says she would have' attended the committee meeting had she. known about it. Freedman will present a revised version of the docu- ment, incorporating changes su ggested by FLEAC member s. at the commjttWes next meeting, Dec. 4, 7 p.m.., in room 2020 atbadheadquarters i < fissWill recee cpies of the revisocu- ment'oni the frliarNo> 29) before the meeting fU it will be released to "cer- tain other areas for consul- tation in the 8sytem,» said Pickering trustee Jili Hamilton at Monday even- ine sboard meeting. Uxbridge trustee Faith Neumann, who moved the motion to reject the Reduce the Risk document, says she has- a copy of the new version and likes what she ss. A member of the public wostrongly opposed Rédce.th, Rséwas also gwen -a copy of JDeIayizg, Teenage< Sexual In- volvement, after he asked if ho' could critique it, the board was told. The board voted 8-7 ini October, 1995 flot to rolease Reduce thew Risk, described as a teacher resource book on AIDS. and sexually transmitted disâeases, after strong protests -fron parents. They complained the book was. too graphic and objected, to some s'uggested classroom exorcises, includ- ing one i which stûdents were asked to 'put 14 gra- phic stops for correct con- dom use in* their' proper A ý questionï-and-answer 3 M& 1 WH ITBY (Ontario) Town Crier Fred Martin (Ieft). strikes ýa pose sim ilar to that of Whitby (England) crier Andy Lowe, who was featured 'on the front page of the Whitby Gazette. Lowe recently won the British National Tnwniun iviu 1 represent Britain at the wori.ci championships in Hull, 1rtir mm»U im Doctors refuse